Stone Worker Crushed To Death Under Toppled Granite Slabs

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On October 12, 1996, a 48-year-old worker at a stone fabrication shop was killed after being crushed by falling 700-pound slabs of granite. The incident occurred as the victim and a co-worker were using a forklift truck to move a granite slab to a metal A-frame used to store the slabs on edge. As the slab was lowered into position, the forklift pushed against three other granite slabs stored on a second A-frame, causing them to tip over and fall towards the victim. The victim, who was standing between the metal frames to release the slab from the forklift, was crushed between the falling slabs and the slabs stored on the A-frame in front of him. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. The employer should examine alternate methods means of moving, storing or securing the stone slabs. 2. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers. 3. Employers should be aware of educational and training resources for health and safety information.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96NJ080
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026646
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100031
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 96NJ080, 1997 Mar ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f64101019d04f5d11b70652f2cb31135b3aed46954add613e426819d07bef9ac472ce86e0ec017b4158bd47b5321f26a0ed145fd78792ce2c2cb3f375847c8d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170037/cdc_170037_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 45.36 KB ]